Vinyl Me Please (store, exclusives, swaps, etc)

It's from the era that VMP overprinted their ROTMs in excess of demand. A lot of the ROTMs from that era have settled in at prices well below their original "retail" price.

In spite of the above, I believe VMP asks for that retail to try to put on the presentation that ROTMs are a premium product and you should subscribe to get a "reduced" price. They occasionally have sales but never at the level that will significantly clean out their stock of these titles.

Definitely worth picking up...on the secondary market. I got my copy with all the VMP “goodies” a couple years ago for around $20.

I forgot all about this being an actual ROTM and not an exclusive- so that means they have jacked the price up to $47 as no ROTM was close to that before, yeah? Classy.

Anyway, I grabbed a mint copy on eBay for $20 shipped. Looking forward to it
 
Yeah, my second copy sounds great right up to the start of the very last song when the loud, repeated popping occurs. :cautious:

I was trying to be positive & hoped a good clean would fix it for me. It definitely softened the crackles but just made me realise how much side 1 was great & side 2 was crackly with pops. I've accepted defeat and got a second copy coming, hopefully that will work because it is such a great session.
 
The poster is great.
honestly this is the thing i most wanted the release for. I'm so annoyed I missed this monk release but honestly i have ... oof, at least 15 monk CDs and more than a handful of my favorites on vinyl. Like, I don't direly need another Monk album. But. It'd've been nice to frame up a monk gig poster.
 
My Anna B Savage is a noisy mess. Constant static every time it hit's the begininning of the "yolk" blue color. :/
 
I forgot all about this being an actual ROTM and not an exclusive- so that means they have jacked the price up to $47 as no ROTM was close to that before, yeah? Classy.

Anyway, I grabbed a mint copy on eBay for $20 shipped. Looking forward to it
You will love it. This might be my most spun VMP record of all time. Cool to hear it's affordable on the secondary market, I might invest in a second copy since I'll prob wear down my first.
 
Anyone get their Sonny Sharrock yet and had a chance to play it? I got my second copy today and side A is exactly the same as my first copy. Distortion on nearly every rotation kind of like what you get with a really off center or warped record. But it doesn’t look off center to me. Isn’t warped either. Side B is perfect on both copies. No idea what happened or if I’m just insanely unlucky with this one.
 
Anyone get their Sonny Sharrock yet and had a chance to play it? I got my second copy today and side A is exactly the same as my first copy. Distortion on nearly every rotation kind of like what you get with a really off center or warped record. But it doesn’t look off center to me. Isn’t warped either. Side B is perfect on both copies. No idea what happened or if I’m just insanely unlucky with this one.
Sounds really unlucky to me, mine doesn't seem to have any distortion that has stood out to me.

They have been really strange when it comes to the Sharrock release. First, they told some people that they were waiting on sleeves before shipping them, even though I had my copy. Then they told some people that they had ran out of replacements but still sent some out a week later to others. Really doesn't seem like they communicated amongst themselves on this release.
 
Sounds really unlucky to me, mine doesn't seem to have any distortion that has stood out to me.

They have been really strange when it comes to the Sharrock release. First, they told some people that they were waiting on sleeves before shipping them, even though I had my copy. Then they told some people that they had ran out of replacements but still sent some out a week later to others. Really doesn't seem like they communicated amongst themselves on this release.
Yeah it does seem like poor communication on their part. And my copies are in the high 800’s and low 1k in number so not sure where yours is. The distortion is not super intrusive but it’s definitely there during the quiet parts. I’ll live with it. It does sound quite good. Better than the 45 rpm issue imo.
 
Yeah it does seem like poor communication on their part. And my copies are in the high 800’s and low 1k in number so not sure where yours is. The distortion is not super intrusive but it’s definitely there during the quiet parts. I’ll live with it. It does sound quite good. Better than the 45 rpm issue imo.
The numbers have literally nothing to do with anything other than a number FYI
 
Yeah it does seem like poor communication on their part. And my copies are in the high 800’s and low 1k in number so not sure where yours is. The distortion is not super intrusive but it’s definitely there during the quiet parts. I’ll live with it. It does sound quite good. Better than the 45 rpm issue imo.

I’m still waiting for mine, it should FINALLY arrive later this week. I honestly feel like they would’ve forgotten my order (from 7 months ago) if I hadn’t contacted customer service last week.
 
Got my Billy Lemos today! Love it sooooo much. I just wish the songs were longer. They are little perfect appetizers but I want more :-) said in a Veruca Salt voice LOL
 
Yeah it does seem like poor communication on their part. And my copies are in the high 800’s and low 1k in number so not sure where yours is. The distortion is not super intrusive but it’s definitely there during the quiet parts. I’ll live with it. It does sound quite good. Better than the 45 rpm issue imo.
Mines No. 0830/1000, but as @SpinningSince85 said I don't think numbers necessarily indicate pressing order in VMP's case.
 
So, I'm actually considering jumping back in, just to get a reasonable price on the Sparklehorse box. Now, question is, how does the "Swap for credit" thingy work? If I choose one month for 52 bucks, can I swap that out for store credit and put that towards the box? And how much credit do I get?
 
So, I'm actually considering jumping back in, just to get a reasonable price on the Sparklehorse box. Now, question is, how does the "Swap for credit" thingy work? If I choose one month for 52 bucks, can I swap that out for store credit and put that towards the box? And how much credit do I get?
The credit you get is what one month costs you. I’m not sure if you can join and immediately swap with credit (might have to wait until the swaps open up to do so). I was under the impression that you need to join by doing “join with this record” and swaps aren’t open until the 27th or so.
 
Based on Storf’s Twitter, it sounds like VMP will have the upcoming Pharoah Sanders x Floating Points x London VSO album up for pre sale today.

Haven’t bought an album in 2021 so far, and my subscription with VMP is about to expire, but this one is tempting.
 
Based on Storf’s Twitter, it sounds like VMP will have the upcoming Pharoah Sanders x Floating Points x London VSO album up for pre sale today.

Haven’t bought an album in 2021 so far, and my subscription with VMP is about to expire, but this one is tempting.
I held back on buying it for just this reason. I hope the price point is decent.
 
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